It’s been some time since Simon & P wrote about their travels. They have been enjoying their holidays making frequent trips to La Maison Française. Well they are off again to the house, this time with their grandson (Mop), Simon’s mum (J), and Buster the dog.
After the traditional pre-travel chinese takeaway with Mop’s mummy and daddy, every one grabbed a few short hours sleep before starting off at 01:15 for Portsmouth, picking up J on the way. The idea had been that by travelling through the night, Simon and P would miss the traffic and Mop would happily sleep the journey away. Well one out of two isn’t bad – the traffic was light but Mop kept up a happy stream of requests between short naps. At Simon’s preferred stop at Warwick services, Mop came with Simon “to use the facilities” and to go to Starbucks with Simon. Suitably fortified with a double espresso and a babyccino (they’re ‘licious according to Mop and they’re free!!!!) the rest of the journey flew by. Mop finally fell asleep just as the party arrived at the ferry port.
Still a power-nap is just the thing to set up a young man for a busy few hours in the play area. Mop amused P and J with his antics while Simon slept the journey away in the cabin. Mop helpfully woke Simon up in time for lunch on the boat. Although there were plenty of people and vehicles coming for the 75th anniversary of D-Day, it was fairly quick through passport control and onto La Maison Française but it was too long for Mop who had been very patient but had now had enough time in the car!
Everyone was happy to get there and open up the house.
The jungle
Raising the kitchen shutters revealed that back garden had been replaced by a jungle! Still Buster did a full anti-cat patrol to ensure the safety of his humans and Mop joyfully ran around while Simon set to making some sort of order out of the garden.
A make do tea of pasta and sauce before Mop went off for bath and bed (fortified by a square of chocolate). The grownups managed some bread and cheese to finish off the wine, crosswords and chocolate before bed. Buster went with the flow and consented to sleep upstairs in Simon and P’s room
Tired boy in a big boy’s bed
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